Thread by @ThomasVLinge

Very concerning news. Marianna, the pregnant girl from #Mariupol, turns out to be one of the refugees that has been taken to #Russia in violation of the evacuation agreement.

There they put her in front of a camera and have her say there was no aerial attack on the hospital.

She is able to admit there was an explosion om the maternity hospital, but remains very vague on what it could have been, leaving room for the interpretation the Ukrainians bombed it themselves, a lie pro-Kremlin actors have pushed from the very start.

They also have her criticizing the AP photographer for taking these pictures of her that went around the world.

We know this is a well known Kremlin propaganda technique. In 2016 the photo of bloodied little Omar Daqneesh from #Aleppo spread across the world. After the Syrian regime reconquered the city state-tv placed him & his father in front of a camera, having them debunk the story.

The more I think about it the more it disgusts me. It's no coincidence Marianna was one of the refugees taken to Russia, they had soldiers at the checkpoints scouting for her. She was a target from the moment her pictures went around the world.

The only thing that is probably more despicable than bombing a clininc full of pregnant women is kidnapping a woman together with her newborn at gunpoint, and making her appear in your hostage video.

And for those wondering if she is telling the truth, she is not. Kremlin propaganda is brutal but very inconsistent. They have her touch on all conspiracy theories surrounding thr hospital at ones, making the entire story totally illogical.

-the hospital was used as a base by Ukrainian soldiers
-yet they probably bombed it themselves
-but it's okay, the attack wasn't big, therefore the AP pictures are dramatized propaganda.

Small update: other sources are stating Marianna is not in Russia but in separatist-occupied Donetsk, which in principal is just as much a violation.

The evacuation deal was for refugees form Mariupol to be allowed to go to Ukrainian-held territory, not to Russia or DNR/LNR.

But if you're wondering if her interview was set-up by someone or at her own initiative, just who look at who is sharing it, edited with subtitles and all

https://twitter.com/mission_russian/status/1510012837237825545?t=VI3ajsF8Q1k38KDqAmBd7A&s=19

Let me just add to close this thread that is was known the Russian invasion force was planning to kidnap people and have the make forced confessions on camera. It was for this exact reason that the AP crew in Mariupol had to evacuate.

Sorry for all the spelling errors btw, when I'm typing while angry I sometimes hit the wrong letter